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<h1><a name="title" id="title"></a>Function Registry Process Documentation 1.0</h1>
<h2>Public Working Draft 03 August 2007</h2><p>Copyright ©2007 XBRL International Inc., All Rights Reserved.</p><dl><dt>This version:</dt><dd><a href="http://www.xbrl.org/Specification/FunctionRegistryProcess/PWD-2007-08-03/FunctionRegistryProcess-PWD-2007-08-03.html">&lt;http://www.xbrl.org/Specification/FunctionRegistryProcess/PWD-2007-08-03/FunctionRegistryProcess-PWD-2007-08-03.html&gt;</a></dd><dt>Editors:</dt><dd><a name="auth-hugh" id="auth-hugh"></a>
            Hugh Wallis,
	
             XBRL International Inc.
             <a href="mailto:hughwallis@xbrl.org">&lt;hughwallis@xbrl.org&gt;</a>
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            Geoff Shuetrim,
	
             Galexy Pty. Limited
             <a href="mailto:geoff@galexy.net">&lt;geoff@galexy.net&gt;</a>
         </dd><dt>Contributor:</dt></dl><hr><div><h2><a name="status" id="status"></a>Status</h2><p>Circulation of this  Public Working Draft is unrestricted. This document is normative. 
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<h2><a name="abstract" id="abstract"></a>Abstract</h2>
         <p>
        This document describes the XBRL International process by which a registry for XBRL functions is updated.  The function registry is an online listing of XBRL functions, along with structured information about their purpose, usage, and their associated conformance tests.
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<h2><a name="contents" id="contents"></a>Table of Contents</h2><p class="toc"></p>
<h3><a name="appendices" id="appendices"></a>Appendices</h3><p class="toc">A <a href="#sec-references">References</a><br>
B <a href="#sec-ip-status">Intellectual property status (non-normative)</a><br>
C <a href="#sec-acknowledgements">Acknowledgements (non-normative)</a><br>
   C.1 <a href="#junker">Sub-section of an appendix.</a><br>
D <a href="#sec-history">Document history (non-normative)</a><br>
E <a href="#sec-corrections">Errata corrections in this document</a><br>
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         <h1>Appendix A References</h1>

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    	    <dt class="label"><a name="RFC2119" id="RFC2119"></a>IETF RFC 2119<span class="error">This reference is not cited.</span></dt><dd>IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force). "RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to  Indicate Requirement Levels"<br>Scott Bradner.<br>(See <a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt</a>)</dd><dt class="label"><a name="XML" id="XML"></a>XML<span class="error">This reference is not cited.</span></dt><dd>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth Edition)"<br>Tim Bray, Jean Paoli, C. M. Sperberg-McQueen, Eve Maler, and François Yergeau.<br>(See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/</a>)</dd><dt class="label"><a name="XMLNAMES" id="XMLNAMES"></a>XML Names<span class="error">This reference is not cited.</span></dt><dd>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "Namespaces in XML 1.0 (Second Edition)"<br>Tim Bray, Dave Hollander, Andrew Layman, and Richard Tobin.<br>(See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/">http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml-names/</a>)</dd><dt class="label"><a name="XMLSCHEMA-DATATYPES" id="XMLSCHEMA-DATATYPES"></a>XML Schema Datatypes 1.0<span class="error">This reference is not cited.</span></dt><dd>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition"<br>Paul V. Biron, and Ashok Malhotra.<br>(See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/">http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/</a>)</dd><dt class="label"><a name="XMLSCHEMA-STRUCTURES" id="XMLSCHEMA-STRUCTURES"></a>XML Schema Structures 1.0<span class="error">This reference is not cited.</span></dt><dd>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "XML Schema Part 1: Structures Second Edition"<br>Henry S. Thompson, David Beech, Murray Maloney, and Noah Mendelsohn.<br>(See <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/">http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-1/</a>)</dd><dt class="label"><a name="XMLSPEC" id="XMLSPEC"></a>XMLSPEC</dt><dd>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). "Guide to the W3C XML Specification ("XMLspec") DTD, Version 2.1"<br>Eve Maler.<br>(See <a href="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/06/xmlspec-report-v21.htm">http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/06/xmlspec-report-v21.htm</a>)</dd></dl>

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        <h1>Appendix B Intellectual property status (non-normative)</h1>
        
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          This document and translations of it may be copied and
          furnished to others, and derivative works that comment on or
          otherwise explain it or assist in its implementation may be
          prepared, copied, published and distributed, in whole or in
          part, without restriction of any kind, provided that the above
          copyright notice and this paragraph are included on all such
          copies and derivative works. However, this document itself may
          not be modified in any way, such as by removing the copyright
          notice or references to XBRL International or XBRL
          organizations, except as required to translate it into
          languages other than English. Members of XBRL International
          agree to grant certain licenses under the XBRL International
          Intellectual Property Policy 
          (<a href="http://www.xbrl.org/legal">www.xbrl.org/legal</a>).
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          This document and the information contained herein is provided
          on an "AS IS" basis and XBRL INTERNATIONAL DISCLAIMS ALL
          WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
          ANY WARRANTY THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT
          INFRINGE ANY RIGHTS OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
          MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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        <p>
          The attention of users of this document is directed to the
          possibility that compliance with or adoption of XBRL
          International specifications may require use of an invention
          covered by patent rights. XBRL International shall not be
          responsible for identifying patents for which a license may be
          required by any XBRL International specification, or for
          conducting legal inquiries into the legal validity or scope of
          those patents that are brought to its attention. XBRL
          International specifications are prospective and advisory
          only. Prospective users are responsible for protecting
          themselves against liability for infringement of patents. XBRL
          International takes no position regarding the validity or
          scope of any intellectual property or other rights that might
          be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the
          technology described in this document or the extent to which
          any license under such rights might or might not be available;
          neither does it represent that it has made any effort to
          identify any such rights. Members of XBRL International agree
          to grant certain licenses under the XBRL International
          Intellectual Property Policy 
          (<a href="http://www.xbrl.org/legal">www.xbrl.org/legal</a>).
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         <h1>Appendix C Acknowledgements (non-normative)</h1>
         <p>This document draws heavily on the ideas and structures developed in the <a href="#XMLSPEC">[XMLSPEC]</a> materials
      produced by the W3C.  It also draws on the structures that have proved their value in previous
      XBRL specifications.</p>
    
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         <h1>Appendix D Document history (non-normative)</h1>
      
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         <h1>Appendix E Errata corrections in this document</h1>
      
         <p>
        This appendix contains a list of the errata that have been
        incorporated into this document. This represents all those
        errata corrections that have been approved by the XBRL
        International Formula Working Group up to and
        including 03 August 2007. 
        Hyperlinks to relevant e-mail threads may
        only be followed by those who have access to the relevant
        mailing lists. Access to internal XBRL mailing lists is
        restricted to members of XBRL International Inc.
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